How to break through a deadlift plateau

[anthrax]

Well, everything is in the title

What's best to get out of a plateau?

[Conventional DL not SLDL]

[Illuminati]

where are you getting stuck?

try not deadlifting for 3 weeks. and concentrate on box squatting, and rack pulling or pulling from a platform; depending on your sticking point

[Protobuilder]

It'd probably help if you post up what you're currently doing and what you've been doing over the past few months so people can see the big picture. I mean, there's a big difference between stalling at your 1RM when you've been doing deadlifting 3x/wk along w/ squatting 3x/wk vs. stalling on your 8RM or soemthing when you've been deadlifting once a week during a cut while doing speed assistance work. Make sense?

[anthrax]

I'm usually doing sets of 3 reps

In one week I train legs 4 times:
day1 = back squat
day2 = front squat
day3 = DL
day4= box squat or dumbell lunges

I have a quite narrow feet placement and alternate clean and snatch grip (1 week each)

I could lift more from the floor and lockout but I couldn't handle the weight in-between

[Chambewy20]

Are you able to recover with all that back work or better yet, are you really working enough on your deadlift in order to improve it?

If your stuck in a halfway position, either just above or below the knee, I would suggest really low box squats, romanian deads or good mornings as an accessory. It's tough when you max on a dead or go up to a triple max because it's very taxxing on the CNS and when you miss a dead, it's very defeating mentally, there's no excuse other than you didn't hit it. Now you can blame it on form but you can't correct something you can't see, only someone else who know's what their doing can help you in that department.

Go here... http://www.westside-barbell.com/articles.htm, there is a three part series on the deadlift and in the 03 block there's a bunch of info regarding plateaus as well...

On a side not straight from the horses mouth, guys at westside have started using foam pads on their boxes and lowering the box height when they squat. They sell these at elitefts.com but also you could use the ones they have lying around the gym. While these guys have for years box squatted on a solid surface, some well above and well below parallel, this has started to really strenthen their hips, that instability has actually increased hip strength and their ability to stay tight, just a thought....

[anthrax]

Are you able to recover with all that back work or better yet, are you really working enough on your deadlift in order to improve it?

If your stuck in a halfway position, either just above or below the knee, I would suggest really low box squats, romanian deads or good mornings as an accessory. It's tough when you max on a dead or go up to a triple max because it's very taxxing on the CNS and when you miss a dead, it's very defeating mentally, there's no excuse other than you didn't hit it. Now you can blame it on form but you can't correct something you can't see, only someone else who know's what their doing can help you in that department.

Go here... http://www.westside-barbell.com/articles.htm, there is a three part series on the deadlift and in the 03 block there's a bunch of info regarding plateaus as well...

On a side not straight from the horses mouth, guys at westside have started using foam pads on their boxes and lowering the box height when they squat. They sell these at elitefts.com but also you could use the ones they have lying around the gym. While these guys have for years box squatted on a solid surface, some well above and well below parallel, this has started to really strenthen their hips, that instability has actually increased hip strength and their ability to stay tight, just a thought....

Thanks!

I had some serious back problem which may (at least mentally) prevent me from giving 100%

I'll definitely add more GMs, SLDL and low box squats

[TheOak84]

on my quest to 500 (coming from 455) im doin

pulls off a 4 in block
heavy rack pulls, pins at knee level
regular deads @ 5x5
and some speed work

3 weeks of each, rotating

i might add some GMs

along with my squat routines

[b fold the truth]

If I want to set a new PR or pull a big number...I limit (a little) the amount of squatting that I do during the week. Could be a NUMBER of things. When you box squat...are you using bands? THAT is the key to box squats and my deadlift.

[HaZaRDouZ]

a handful of dianabol should do the trick.

[Devastation]

no way you should be deadlifting EVERY week